Christmas Traditions in Greece

Greece is a country where traditions and customs are a part of everyday life. Most holidays in Greece are celebrated traditionally, and Christmas in no exception. Christmas caroling is very popular, and although you might hear them being sung at any given moment during the holiday season, there are actually three "official" caroling days. The custom is that children go from house to house singing the carol, with the accompaniment of a triangle, and residents of the houses give them a small amount of money. Greek Christmas carols (calanda) are sung on the mornings of Christmas Eve, New Year's Eve and January 5, the Eve of the Epiphany.

According to tradition, during the Greek 12 days of Christmas (December 25 to January 6), goblins come out to tease people and eat their food. This tradition is based on the legend that the "waters aren't christened" since Christ has not yet been baptized. They are not very intelligent and can't really hurt anybody. It is said that they enter houses through chimneys, and this is the reason people, especially in villages, keep the fireplace lit during the 12 days of Christmas.

In many parts of Greece, people hang a pomegranate above the front door of their house, this ceremony brings good luck for the whole year.

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In this photo is famous actor Zac Efron. He is 23 years old. Zac is from America.
He is quite tall and thin. Zac has an oval face, brown medium hair, his eyes I don`t see, because he is smiling, but I think they are browns, his nose is typical and his smile is shining. In general Zac is very beautiful.
In this photo he is wearing well formal. Zac is wearing a white T-shirt, a black vest, black trausers and his foot I don`t see but I think he is wearing black shoes. More, on his hand is small bracelet and on his neck is maybe silver pendant.
In this photo Zac is smiling. I think it is because he is taking a photo for magazine.

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My Collection

Three years ago my parents gave me for birthday a little rabbit. Rabbits at once began liking me and I became collecting pictures with rabbits. Grandually I had many pictures and once I bought decorative plate with rabbits. And after that I decided to place all these things on the wall. Grandually I completed my collection. Then my friends and relatives became to make a present to me statue and toys of rabbits. Like that my collection was formed.

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English Proverbs About Food

1.A hungry belly has no ears. Ср. Голодное брюхо ко всему глухо. У голодного брюха нет уха .

2.A sound mind in a sound body. В здоровом теле здоровый дух.

3.The appetite comes with eating. Аппетит приходит во время еды.
4.If you laugh before breakfast you'll cry before supper. Посмеешься до завтрака — поплачешь до ужина. Ср. Рано пташечка запела, как бы кошечка не съела.
5.Life is not all cakes and ale (beer and skittles). Жизнь не все пирожки да эль (пиво да кегли) (т. е. не все забавы да развлечения). Ср. Жизнь прожить — не поле перейти (не лапти сплесть).

Stonehenge

Stonehenge is an ancient monument in Southern England.Even now, nearly 3000 years after it was built, large numbers of tourists come to see it, especially on June 21 when the sun rises immediately over the Hell Stone of the circle and casts its shadow on the Altar Stone in the middle.But what does it all mean, and who were the people who built it?But what was Stonehenge used for?Over the years many theories have appeared and people continue to present their versions.
The most interesting theory is that of Professor Gerald Hawkins.He filmed the sunrise and showed that the sun rose exactly over the Altar Stone.He also proved that the stone circle could contain other exact astronomical measurements.Stonehenge could be used as a very exact computer to forecats the time og the next eclipse.

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